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The children around Saki looked in the direction she was pointing, towards the door, then looked at each other uncertainly.

"What's out there?" a boy asked curiously.

The boy holding Saki loosened his grip slightly, just as curious as the other children.


Amdir nodded as the girl opened her mouth obediently. "Trust me," he murmured, "after a trip like that ... she's going to crash the moment she's in a bed."

He eyed the bandage. "What about a bath?" he asked. "Is it better if she waits until tomorrow? Adonai will have to put more cream on and replace the bandage won't he?"

At least, that was what he assumed, since Adonai had been spending so much time with Cindy.

The children followed eagerly after Feng. Many of them hadn't seen toys in years, some couldn't remember anything about them except that they were happy things. The boy holding Saki also scrambled to his feet, careful not to squish her, but he hugged her to his cheek as he walked.

"Play?" he asked.


"Don't worry about it," Amdir assured Cindy. "Haradhel or Aliya can give her a sponge bath, the same for the rest of them, depending of course on their injuries. They'll be here until they heal anyways, we wouldn't dream of sending them home with the risk of them getting sick or dying on the way."

Aliya came up beside Amdir, holding a little boy. "Whenever you're ready," she nodded at Cindy, "I think this little guy should be next."

The little boy giggled and followed the rest of the kids into the playroom, sitting against the wall and setting Saki in his lap.

"I like you," he grinned, stroking her from head to tail, including her wings. "You make me feel warm." And he nuzzled her nose lovingly.


The other children went to Feng and Lin and sat down with them. One of the girls picked up a doll and stared at it as if in confusion, while two boys stared at the blocks that were sitting on the floor. Another of the boys was staring at Lin as if she were a doll that had come to life. But all of them were silent, as if afraid to make any noise without express permission.


Amdir nodded to Aliya. "Go for it, we're finished," he told her softly. He rose to his feet and lifted the little girl in his arms. "I'll take her up to bed."

Aliya nodded, then turned to Cindy. "This little guy is called Maeglin," she said, "and he ... can't feel three of the fingers on his right hand ... and I'm wondering about his right foot as well, he says it's okay but he's got a pretty big cut that I don't even know how he was walking on it."

She lifted his foot to show Cindy the cut. It was a finger's length long, in the arch of his foot, and it was bright red and very inflamed. The edges of the cut were white.

It was Donovan this time that came with the replacement bowl seeing as it was dirty and he was getting figety seeing as he had nothing to do. Though he sent Triton to go help look after the kids with Feng.

Though he wondered if that was a good idea, ah well the kids could pet Triton if they weren't afraid of the man.

"Here," he told Cindy, "Looks like there's going to be a lot of cleaning."

"Well..." Lin mused looking around.

Fortunately Feng didn't take all of the dolls out which was good and it wasn't like they were buried in dolls or anything like that.

"There just might be," Lin replied.

She turned to see a doll (which was about the size of her) staring back at her, the little Second looked up to see the girls there.

"Hmmm?"


"Well.. I don't think you'll be by yourself," Saki murmured, "But I'm sure for a night I can sleep with you."

Unlike Kaito she learnt how to sleep at night, probably because she always had something to do. She was not cat like enough to always take naps and she was a bundle of energy. Then again it could be because she was a kitten.

Cindy took a look at his forehead, she was amazed it healed over as well as it did. Gently she took his right hand and pushed up the sleeve to check it over for any cuts, though she wouldn't rule out head injury it had to be a very serious head injury to keep feeling from his fingers.

Lin scratched the back of her head for a moment trying to think on what the girl wanted. Her language skills were nothing at this point.

"Oh!" Lin nodded as she pointed to the doll, "Doll?"

At least she hoped that was the case.


Saki giggled and licked his chin in return.
Triton came into the room and squated next to Feng, "Need any help sis?"

"Hmm.. Here," Feng murmured, "Nah... I don't think, well just help me keep an eye on them," she pulled out the box of clothes, "Here they are!"

Cindy blinked, he could have hit the funny bone nerve she wondered, "How did you fall?" she asked as she carefully have him bend his elbow.

"Lin!" Lin pointed to herself, since that's what the girl seemed to be asking, and in turn she pointed back at the girl curiously.

Since she didn't know the girl's name at all, and it would be a start.


Triton blinked and looked down curiously, "Yes?" he inquired softly not wanting to scare the poor boy.

Meanwhile Feng went over to get one of the girls so she could find some clean clothes that might fit her. Recalling Haradhel wanted the girls first.

"Huh...." Cindy felt up and down the boy's arm looking for perhaps another injury other than the bruise.

Perhaps something dislocated or the like, not that she did not believe the seriousness of the boy's wounds previous to that, but the problem was if it was something of that nature she couldn't do anything about it.

"Were you dizzy for a while after hitting your head?"